Weekly Course Schedule
Course Syllabus
Common Course Outline - Objectives for the Course
Teaching in the Schools Project     General Tasks Template     Rubric for Task Assessment
Georgia Performance  Standards (GPS) for Science- Georgia Department of Education
GPS Frameworks and Tasks for K-12 - Georgia Department of Education
Georgia Infant to 3-year-old Education Standards      Pre-K Education Standards
Helpful web resources for all topics in Physical Science

Background Reading	Activities, Assignments and Quizzes	More Information - Related Web Sites
Attitude Assessment Self Assessment GPS Self Assessment Physical Science CCO		Physical Science Activities Manual, UT Martin Physics Workshop for the 21st Century Mastering Physics ActivOnline Physics Web-based Physics Course with Labs - UT Knoxville SERC Teaching Activities SERC Teacher Preparation Courses Handbook of Science, Math and Engineering Activities for 8-12 year olds The Science Binder - York Co., VA The Science Explorer (Exploratorium) Integrating Science with Children's Literature Seven Warning Signs of Bogus Science
		Chris Wozny's Activities, Waycross College
		Link to Chris Wozny's Activities
Tools of Science
Metric System Science and Measurement		Mensuration (Measurement) - Support for Primary Teachers in Mathematics Units of Measure - Historical info Units of Measure - activities - measure your volume Units of Measure- exercises Measurement Assignment and Animations National Institute for Standards and Technology page on International System of Units (SI) Metric converter Metric information Chem Tutor - units and measures Metric conversion calculator Science made simple online metric converter Conversion of units All you need to know about metric for everyday life Metric chocolate chip cookies NIST Metric Pyramid (copy master)
Nature of Science Scientific Method Writing step-by-step instructions	Ordeal by Check Cylinder puzzle Red Riding Hood and the Three Little Pigs Fit yourself inside a 3 x 5 card Paper tower 3-hole bottle	Teaching about evolution and the nature of science Mystery tube Teaching about the nature of science (tube) Nature of Science Lessons Mystery Boxes Magic Hooey Stick 3-hole bottle The Paper Tower Cube activities Sequencing Events - Cartoon Activity - see Student Handouts Ordeal by Check Checks Lab Checks Lab 2 What is Science? Bruce Railsback, UGA PB&J Assignment. Another PB&J Still another PB&J Great Fossil Find Great Fossil Find - Materials
Matter
1. Composition and Properties
Physical and Chemical Properties of Matter	Measurements Physical and chemical properties (also examine minerals) Classification by physical and chemical properties Classification of shoes Density Calculations (brass, aluminum, wood, etc.) Floating Soda Cans - diet vs regular Cartesian Diver in a soda bottle (squeeze bottle to make the diver sink) Density Demonstration - Floating Cans Separating mixtures (sawdust, salt, water, iron filings) Extraction of iron from Total cereal Dissociation of water using a battery and glassware	Why do some things float and others sink? Schlumberger Cartesian Diver, How it works Cartesian diver Submarine science American Chemical Society - Make your own toys at home   Funny Water Funny Water - alternate link
Classification by Physical Properties Solids, Liquids, and Gases	Oobleck Gak	Schlumberger Properties of Liquids Is it liquid or solid? Oobleck and glurch Solid, Liquid or Both? NASAExplores, another page Experiments with Oobleck NASA Explores Oobleck - A program about the states of matter Oobleck videos on YouTube
Models of Atomic Structure and Composition Atoms The Periodic Table Matter Solids, Liquids and Gases Gases	Make specific molecular models using gum drops and toothpicks Solubility Experiment	Periodic Table from National Institute for Standards and Technology WebElements Periodic Table Periodic Table Periodic Table Mixtures, Elements and Compounds game (Rags to Riches) Tom Lehrer song, The Elements Chemistry Puns Chemistry Experiments Characteristics of Typical Plasmas Experimenting with Plasma (grades 5-8) - NASA NSF Chemistry and Materials Classroom Resources Physical and Chemical Changes activities for Middle School Air Pressure - Balloon in an Bottle Bernoulli's Principle - Blowing Cans, Ping Pong Balls, etc.
An object and its parts	Microscopic Observations of Various Objects (sand, salt, sugar, etc.)
2. Changes and Conservation
Physical and chemical changes Chemical reactions	Making sweet tea - supersaturated solutions; heating to dissolve more sugar Can you heat to dissolve more salt? Making sugar crystals (rock candy) Oxidation of steel wool Blow up a balloon using chemical reactions (baking soda and water; yeast, sugar and water; diet coke and mentos; alka seltzer) What happens when you mix diet coke and borax? Mixing oil and water and floating objects at the interface
Energy
1.  Sources
Energy: Kinetic, Potential, Thermal, Light	Build a solar box oven (pizza box oven) Build a water-powered turbine with magnets and wire Solar cells	Energy and Heat Heat Energy - a heat engine Newton's Law of Cooling
2.  Types and Utilization
Types of energy - nuclear, solar, chemical, mechanical Energy Resources	Investigating the sources of petroleum online Alternative energy sources	Georgia Gas Prices Atlanta Gas Prices
3.  Change and Conservation
Heat and Temperature Insulation, heating and cooling   Heat Energy	Styrofoam cup calorimeters - spoons in hot water or ice water Heat of reaction - plaster of Paris Convection in miso soup or floating oatmeal Convection in aquarium with colored water Heating black and white painted cans Insulated cans (conductors and insulators) Cooling curve Heating and cooling of balloons Why do helium balloons rise?  How much can a helium balloon lift?	Web links
Forces
1. Motion
Velocity Acceleration Motion of objects Forces and Motion and Newton's Laws of Motion	Make an accelerometer with a bottle and lid, and a cork on a string Hot wheels cars and ramps Trip to a carnival or Six Flags	Web links
2.  Gravity
Gravity Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation Gravity in space	Dropping a ruler between fingers; dropping a dollar Using the accelerometer on the elevator Your weight in space Projectiles and targets (rolling a ball down a ramp and off a table to hit a target)	Web links
3.  Waves
Waves Sound How vibrations produce sound	Measure the speed of sound outdoors Slinky - S and P waves Paper/plastic cup telephone Whirlies Make a bugle with plastic hose, funnel, mouthpiece Stick a tuning fork in water Constructive and destructive interference; optical illusions Standing waves on a chain, strobe light Violin or guitar and sound Organ pipes
Electromagnetic Radiation, the Spectrum, and Light Optics Reflection Snells Law Refraction Optics of eyeglasses, telescopes Transparent, translucent, opaque	Refraction through a lucite block Refraction through types of lenses (converging, diverging) Pencil in water Reflection Flat mirror Concave and convex mirrors Reflections in a spoon Reflections in bottom of soda can (find focal point) Use a prism to split light Make a spectrometer with a roll of paper and diffraction grating and observe various light sources (emission tubes) Emission and absorption spectra Use colored filters (red, yellow, blue) to combine light Use crossed polarizers to block light Examine birefringence of objects and minerals Constructive and destructive interference; optical illusions UV light and fluorescence Phosphorescence (glow in the dark stars)	Light Refraction Emission spectra lab Spectroscope lab
Fields
1. Electricity
Electric Charge and Electric Force Electrical Potential and Voltage Electric Current Electric Circuits Electric Power How Electricity is Generated Electrical Safety	Make the world's smallest flashlight with a AA battery, a flashlight bulb, and a wire Make the world's smallest motor with a AA battery, wire and a magnet Static electricity Sticky tape Balloon Van de Graaff generator Series and parallel circuits	Static electricity Static charge on Scotch tape Static electricity of Scotch tape Static electricity - Wikipedia Steve Spangler - human conductor of electricity - see video   Other electricity experiments Static electricity and sticky tape - broken link   Electromagnetic valentine - YouTube
2. Magnetism
Magnets and Electromagnets	Which metals are magnetic (try coins) Use a magnet to remove metal from water without touching the water Float a pin on water; make a compass Use a battery and wire to deflect a compass Make an electromagnet